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FILE - In this March 19, 2015, file photo, Baltimore Orioles relief pitcher Brad Brach throws during the seventh inning of a spring training exhibition baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, in Sarasota, Fla. Brach became the first player to beat the Orioles in salary arbitration in 22 years, ending the team’s nine-hearing winning streak. Brach was awarded $3.05 million instead of the team’s offer of $2,525,000 by arbitrators Edna Francis, Robert Herzog, Sylvia Skratek. The panel issued its decision, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, a day after hearing arguments. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Reliever Brad Brach became the first player to beat the Baltimore Orioles in salary arbitration in 22 years, ending the team's nine-hearing winning streak.

Brach was awarded $3.05 million instead of the team's offer of $2,525,000 by arbitrators Edna Francis, Robert Herzog, Sylvia Skratek. The panel issued its decision, Friday, a day after hearing arguments.